125 Years Ago 1897
From The East Hampton Star, November 5
One of the heaviest rain storms known here for years occurred Monday night and Tuesday morning. Between the hours of 7 o’clock Monday night and 10 o’clock Tuesday morning six and three-fourths inches of rain fell.
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Those who think the macadam road project is dead in East Hampton are mistaken. The Clinton Cycle Club has never for a moment since it first inaugurated the movement ceased to give the matter thought and attention. The highway committee of the club has just made arrangements for a public meeting this winter, at which Isaac B. Potter, Chief Council of the L.A.W., F.A. Fullerton, special bicycle agent of the passenger department of the Long Island Railroad, Mr. Adams, treasurer of the Brooklyn Good Roads association, and G.A. Roullier, civil engineer, will each deliver an address upon the subject of good roads.
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Amagansett Wavelets
Last Saturday the fishermen reached their nets for the first time in ten days and found them in a sad condition. There were skeletons of sturgeon which had been devoured by sand fleas and skates. The sand fleas will have little to do with the worthless skate, but will eagerly devour the good fish.
100 Years Ago 1922
From The East Hampton Star, November 3
The annual fall cattle drive from Montauk to East Hampton was made Tuesday and Wednesday of this week by four or five local cowboys. The cattle were corralled at Daniel Huntting’s farm on Main street, and from there driven to their owners’ farms in this vicinity. The herd at Montauk this year was not as large as in years past, only about one hundred cattle being in the drive. The passing of the tuberculin test ordered by the town board early in the spring was probably the cause.
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In a fine spirit of co-operation the school faculty, students, library board, and all others asked to participate are uniting to celebrate “Children’s Book Week” or “Good Book Week” November 13-20.
The slogan is more books in the house and every feature of the program for the week will contribute to this idea.
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Hallowe’en was celebrated Tuesday evening by the youth of the village as in years past. The usual pranks were enjoyed by the youngsters, such as removing gates, lighting fires, and dressing up and parading around the street in all sorts of outlandish costumes.
The entire police department was out patrolling the streets, but each officer seemed to have more than his usual forbearance on that particular night.
75 Years Ago 1947
From The East Hampton Star, November 6
Cancer patients in Eastern Long Island can now receive deep X-ray therapy treatments at the Southampton Hospital. A General Electric Deep X-ray Machine has been installed in the hospital and arrangements have been made with Dr. Benjamin Feuerstein, who gives deep X-ray treatments at the Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, to have him give these treatments at the Southampton Hospital twice a week.
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East Hampton had a quiet election Tuesday with interest shown only in the voting for county judge and sheriff, and several propositions, while Republican town officials were reelected without opposition. Supervisor H.L. Mulford Jr. received a vote of 1,451 in the eight districts, being returned to office for the second election in succession without opposition. In the county, eight other Republican supervisors were elected, and on Shelter Island supervisor Tuthill was likewise reelected without opposition.
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Montauk
Members of the Montauk Junior Fire Company are giving a bingo and dance on Saturday, December 6, at the Montauk Fire House. The dance was originally scheduled for the Little Inn but will be held at the Fire House instead. A drawing for a radio will be held during the evening.
50 Years Ago 1972
From The East Hampton Star, November 2
The General Service Administration, which appraises Federal property from time to time, has completed a survey of the Montauk Point Light Station and has recommended that 37 of the Station’s 44.2 acres be declared surplus. Surplus government lands are normally offered first to Federal agencies, then to State ones, and finally to local authorities.
The Administration undertook a similar survey of the Montauk Air Force Station last summer, and decided that 123 of that Station’s 308 acres were no longer needed by the Defense Department.
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The polls will be open between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, and East Hampton voters may choose among various candidates for Congressman, Assemblyman, State Senator, the State Supreme Court, and Town Councilman, as well as President. They will also be confronted by a Statewide Proposition, three proposed State Amendments, and a County Question.
There are now 9,792 registered voters in East Hampton Town, according to Mrs. Janet Frace of the County Board of Elections.
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Six cases involving charges of driving while intoxicated were disposed of in East Hampton Town Justice Court on Oct 19. In addition, on that day, the author George Plimpton pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in full satisfaction of a misdemeanor charge, illegal possession of fireworks, brought against him on Aug. 27.
Mr. Plimpton, 45, of Bendigo Road, Amagansett, was arrested at a small party he was giving after neighbors complained of noise made by fireworks being set off. Police claimed that the writer has neither a permit for fireworks from the Town Board nor a State-licensed explosives expert on hand to set off the aerial bombs. Later, Mr. Plimpton said that he had assumed the Amagansett Fire Department, some of whose members were at the party, had such a permit.
25 Years Ago 1997
From The East Hampton Star, November 6
Two years of Republican control over the East Hampton Town Board turned out on Election Night to be just an interlude in the Democratic winning streak that began in 1984.
According to unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections, starting on New Year’s Day Supervisor Cathy Lester will have two Democratic Councilmen, the newly elected Job Potter and the incumbent Peter Hammerle, on her side of the table.
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In a pre-election broadside, Arthur DiPietro, a candidate for Southampton Town Supervisor, announced on Monday he would file a libel suit seeking $15 million in damages against the Republican incumbent Vincent Cannuscio and others, charging they were behind a letter attacking his character that was signed and widely distributed by his ex-wife last month.
Mr. Cannuscio defeated Mr. DiPietro, a Westhampton attorney who was cross-endorsed in the Supervisor’s race by the Democratic and Southampton Parties, by almost 2-to-1.
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Jarrett Steil, a senior at East Hampton High School who turned 18 on Oct. 7, voted on Tuesday for the first time.
“It felt weird. I wasn’t sure how to work the booth at first but it’s pretty self-explanatory once you get in there,” said the Montauk youth.
Jarrett and 56 other high school students turned 18 before Election Day, making them eligible (except for a few who are not citizens) to pull the levers on Election Day. The Star talked with about a dozen of them, and found Jarrett to be the only one who voted.
